Nursing bottle retainer



H. SIEGEL.

NURSING BOTTLE RETAINER Filed Dec. 24, 1946 Oct. 18, 1949.

IN VEN TOR.,

Patented Oct. 18, 1949 M 4 Y UNITED STATES PATENT-OFFICE Harry'Siegel, New York, N. Y assignor to All- Best Specialties Corp., a corporation of New York Application December 24, 1946-, Serial No. 718,153

3 Claims. (01. 2 18-402) 1 r This invention relates to a nursing bottle holde for retaining the bottle in appropriate disposition for feeding the infant.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a nursing bottle retainer which will be conveniently and economically manufacturable, saleable at low cost, conveniently utilizable, sanitary, strong, durable, efficient, and improved.

Another object is to provide a nursing bottle retainer having improved means for maintaining the bottle in requisite warm condition, and with efiicient and improved means for retaining nursing bottle accessories.

Other objects and advantages will hereinafter appear.

Fig. 1 is a top plan perspective view of the nursing bottle retainer constituting the invention.

Fig. 2 is an elevational cross-sectional view of the nursing bottle retainer shown in Fig. 1, taken on line 2--2 of Fig. 1, but illustrating the device as it appears when in its operative condition of retaining the nursing bottle.

The retainer I is provided with a cushion 2, for thereupon placing a nursing bottle 3 in a position shown in Fig. 2, and said cushion is of a bulk sufficient to impart ample stability for the device and said bottle, while its bottom area is sufficiently large to produce an efiicient frictional hold thereof to the infants pillow upon which it is placed. To the median top portion 4 of the cushion 2 is secured, by means of stitchings 5, a pouch 6, the walls I, 8 of which together with the portion 4 constitute a receptacle for retaining a nursing bottle 3. Lateral portions 9 of the material of which the pouch 6 is made extend beyond the stitchings and are in turn secured to the marginal ends of the cushion 2, by means of stitchings I0, thereby forming a pair of receptacles l I, along sides of and adjacent to the pouch, adapted to retain vital nursing bottle accessories l2, a nipples, caps, etc. Adjacent to the openings of the pouch 6 and the receptacles II is secured, by means of stitchings l3, a cover 14 having a cutout median portion l5 and a fastening device l6 which is detachably securable to a cooperating member I! carried by the exterior of the wall I of much 6. When the cover [4 is swung to a closed securedstate illustrated in Fig. 2 while the bottle 3 i retained within the pouch 6, the neck 3a of the latter protrudes through its cutout l5, thereby positioning the nipple 3b in projection from the retainer I. When the cover I4 is in this secured state it retains the bottle 3 4 feeding, and effectively within the pouch 6 in operative condition for 2 closes up the pouch with the receptacles II simultaneously.

When it is desired to feed the infant, the nursing bottle 3 i inserted into the pouch 6 and the cover M is secured thereto by the fastening devices l6, H, in the manner illustrated in Fig. 2, and the entire retainer l is then placed upon the infants pillow, with the nipple 3b situated by the infants mouth for feeding. Throughout the feeding, the ouch 6 in cooperation with the well closed cover l4 eiiiciently maintain the nursing bottle 3 with its contents in requisite warm condition, and this i further aided by the contact of the receptacle I l with the sides of the pouch 6.

Variations may be resorted to within the scope of the invention, and portions of the improvements may be used without others.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A nursing bottle retainer having the combination of a cushion adapted to maintain a bottle in a lying position and in an elevated state, a pair of side walls and a rear wall projecting from the top face of said cushion being joined to a top wall, said walls constituting a pouch located above said cushion and cooperating therewith to envelop the bottle and maintain it in requisite position and in its warm condition, a cover for said pouch being hinged to said cushion and being foldable upwardly to close up the pouch, means for detachably securing said cover to said top wall of the pouch, and said cover having an opening for'the neck and nipple of the bottle to protrude therethrough when the cover is in said secured state for the retention of the bottle in said pouch and maintenance of the bottle in its warm condition when the bottle is in operative nursing position.

2. A nursing bottle retainer having the combination of a cushion adapted to maintain a bottle in a lying position and in an elevated state, a pair of side walls and a rear wall projecting from the top face of said cushion being joined to a top wall, said walls constituting a pouch located above said cushion and cooperating therewith to envelop the bottle and maintain it in requisite position and in its warm condition, a cover for said pouch being hinged to said cushion and being foldable upwardly toclose up the pouch, means for detachably securing said cover to said top wall of the pouch, said cover having an opening for the neck and nipple of the bottle to protrude therethrough when the cover is in said secured state for the retention of the bottle in said pouch and maintenance of the bottle in its warm condition when the bottle is in operative nursing posie tion, said cushion having a receptacle thereupon adjacent to said pouch for retention of nursing bottle accessories, and said cover also closing up said receptacle when it is in said secured state.

3. A nursing bottle retainer having the combination of a cushion adapted to maintain a bottle in a lying position and in an elevated state,

a pair of side walls and a rear wall projecting 5 from the top face of said cushion being joined said pouch and maintenance of the bottle in its warm condition when the bottle is in operative nursing position, said cushion having a receptacle thereupon adjacent to each side of said pouch for retention of nursing bottle accessories, and said cover also closing said receptacles when it is in said secured state.

' HARRY SlEGEL.

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UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 485,098 Forshew Oct. 25, 1892 1,617,944 Gerstner Feb. 15, 1927 1,723,731 Hafiing Aug. 6, 1929 1,859,123 Ballert May 17, 1932 2.134.746 Allen Nov. 1. 1938 

